Period swimsuits for swimmers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 40s, had 4 pregnancies, with very heavy periods, and have NEVER felt comfortable with tampons. I've never worn them beyond trying unsuccessfully, and I am not bothered by missing swimming, or other sports or activities because of this. I think one's sense of inner comfort - literally! - is much more important than a mere sport. I am perfectly fine with my daughter missing sports when the time comes, if she has a similar experience. She's athletic enough, and we're not on the "sports for college admissions" bandwagon. If she can still practice with period underwear, great. But I suspect nothing works for very heavy period days. At least, that's been my experience.

Ok, but missing a week of sports every month just because of your period is totally unnecessary, and if you are part of a team, not fair to others. I don’t know anyone that refuses to get in the water on their period. Don’t you take your 4 kids to the pool or beach and get in the water with them?

PP you replied to. This is one of the many adjustments people with heavy periods have to make. My kids are not on swim teams, and no, I cannot get into the water on a very heavy period day. I need to plan around them. I cannot "rush to the bathroom". The blood just gushes out of me in 3 seconds, no warning. The only solution is the pill, used without a break, but it's not something most parents want to use on a child. I was on contraceptive pills for years because of this, after developing anemia from blood loss.

Some women get debilitating periods, that's all. I hope you can accept that and not jump immediately to shaming people for things they can't control.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know what kind of period she has? As an adult with heavy period, I still can’t understand how anyone can go swimming while having a period.

…there’s these things called tampons.

-Former college swimmer who has always had heavy periods.

What if you’re swimming during that time when you soak through your tampon in 30 mins-1hr (the super plus one) and leak (sorry for the TMI)? I understand that the water pressure prevents bleeding but once you’re out of the water, wouldn’t you have to scramble to the changing rooms?

Not PP but yes. It can be done, however.

Wow. Stressful way to live. I wouldn't put my child through that if she wasn't completely on board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 40s, had 4 pregnancies, with very heavy periods, and have NEVER felt comfortable with tampons. I've never worn them beyond trying unsuccessfully, and I am not bothered by missing swimming, or other sports or activities because of this. I think one's sense of inner comfort - literally! - is much more important than a mere sport. I am perfectly fine with my daughter missing sports when the time comes, if she has a similar experience. She's athletic enough, and we're not on the "sports for college admissions" bandwagon. If she can still practice with period underwear, great. But I suspect nothing works for very heavy period days. At least, that's been my experience.

Ok, but missing a week of sports every month just because of your period is totally unnecessary, and if you are part of a team, not fair to others. I don’t know anyone that refuses to get in the water on their period. Don’t you take your 4 kids to the pool or beach and get in the water with them?

PP you replied to. This is one of the many adjustments people with heavy periods have to make. My kids are not on swim teams, and no, I cannot get into the water on a very heavy period day. I need to plan around them. I cannot "rush to the bathroom". The blood just gushes out of me in 3 seconds, no warning. The only solution is the pill, used without a break, but it's not something most parents want to use on a child. I was on contraceptive pills for years because of this, after developing anemia from blood loss.

Some women get debilitating periods, that's all. I hope you can accept that and not jump immediately to shaming people for things they can't control.

It’s a little less common for adolescents than for adult women with pregnancies and fibroids and all the other things that can contribute to heavy periods.

After ineffective treatments of IUDs and pills and suffering many year of heavy bleeding, I had a uterine ablation. It was completely life changing and about much more than just being able to go to the pool. Just sharing in case that was something you didn’t know about.

[Anonymous]

I went to an all girls HS and so did my mom. We loved skipping swimming for a week due to our periods. I had a few extra periods in there at times when I just didn't feel like it.

[Anonymous]

Let her skip a week. It's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know what kind of period she has? As an adult with heavy period, I still can’t understand how anyone can go swimming while having a period.

…there’s these things called tampons.

-Former college swimmer who has always had heavy periods.

What if you’re swimming during that time when you soak through your tampon in 30 mins-1hr (the super plus one) and leak (sorry for the TMI)? I understand that the water pressure prevents bleeding but once you’re out of the water, wouldn’t you have to scramble to the changing rooms?

Time for a doctor (seriously).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know what kind of period she has? As an adult with heavy period, I still can’t understand how anyone can go swimming while having a period.

…there’s these things called tampons.

-Former college swimmer who has always had heavy periods.

What if you’re swimming during that time when you soak through your tampon in 30 mins-1hr (the super plus one) and leak (sorry for the TMI)? I understand that the water pressure prevents bleeding but once you’re out of the water, wouldn’t you have to scramble to the changing rooms?

Time for a doctor (seriously).

Poster you’re responding to. I’ve mentioned my heavy periods to all of the OBs I’ve seen in the past and as long as you’re not anemic and don’t have any medical condition (fibroids, PCOS etc.), they can only recommend the pill or an IUD. Also, I’ve always had heavy periods, even as a young adult (started between 14-15 year old, which thankfully was past the age for compulsory swim lessons in my country of birth). Unless you’ve experienced the gushing the other poster mentioned, it’s difficult to understand how much you’d want to avoid any kind of exposure during that time. I still remember my aunt looking at me in disbelief, years ago, when I told her I couldn’t go to the swimming pool because I had my period. She thought I just didn’t know about tampons.

[Anonymous]

These period swimsuits are made for competitive swimmers: https://www.knixteen.com/blogs/the-rag/competitive-period-swimwear

[Anonymous]

adult here- i have never been able to get tampons in correctly except for the OB ones that dont have applicators. As a teen (before I discovered OBs) I just thought they were supposed to hurt or something was wrong with me. could there just been an issue with the tampons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 40s, had 4 pregnancies, with very heavy periods, and have NEVER felt comfortable with tampons. I've never worn them beyond trying unsuccessfully, and I am not bothered by missing swimming, or other sports or activities because of this. I think one's sense of inner comfort - literally! - is much more important than a mere sport. I am perfectly fine with my daughter missing sports when the time comes, if she has a similar experience. She's athletic enough, and we're not on the "sports for college admissions" bandwagon. If she can still practice with period underwear, great. But I suspect nothing works for very heavy period days. At least, that's been my experience.

Ok, but missing a week of sports every month just because of your period is totally unnecessary, and if you are part of a team, not fair to others. I don’t know anyone that refuses to get in the water on their period. Don’t you take your 4 kids to the pool or beach and get in the water with them?

PP you replied to. This is one of the many adjustments people with heavy periods have to make. My kids are not on swim teams, and no, I cannot get into the water on a very heavy period day. I need to plan around them. I cannot "rush to the bathroom". The blood just gushes out of me in 3 seconds, no warning. The only solution is the pill, used without a break, but it's not something most parents want to use on a child. I was on contraceptive pills for years because of this, after developing anemia from blood loss.

Some women get debilitating periods, that's all. I hope you can accept that and not jump immediately to shaming people for things they can't control.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you know what kind of period she has? As an adult with heavy period, I still can’t understand how anyone can go swimming while having a period.

Does being in water stop the gravity of it coming out entirely. Do nothing. Put a party liner on, it will not be red. Try it.

This is common knowledge in most of the world and across generations. What’s up w DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 40s, had 4 pregnancies, with very heavy periods, and have NEVER felt comfortable with tampons. I've never worn them beyond trying unsuccessfully, and I am not bothered by missing swimming, or other sports or activities because of this. I think one's sense of inner comfort - literally! - is much more important than a mere sport. I am perfectly fine with my daughter missing sports when the time comes, if she has a similar experience. She's athletic enough, and we're not on the "sports for college admissions" bandwagon. If she can still practice with period underwear, great. But I suspect nothing works for very heavy period days. At least, that's been my experience.

Ok, but missing a week of sports every month just because of your period is totally unnecessary, and if you are part of a team, not fair to others. I don’t know anyone that refuses to get in the water on their period. Don’t you take your 4 kids to the pool or beach and get in the water with them?

PP you replied to. This is one of the many adjustments people with heavy periods have to make. My kids are not on swim teams, and no, I cannot get into the water on a very heavy period day. I need to plan around them. I cannot "rush to the bathroom". The blood just gushes out of me in 3 seconds, no warning. The only solution is the pill, used without a break, but it's not something most parents want to use on a child. I was on contraceptive pills for years because of this, after developing anemia from blood loss.

Some women get debilitating periods, that's all. I hope you can accept that and not jump immediately to shaming people for things they can't control.

Yes pull for dysmenorrhea, even if a teen.

[Anonymous]

*pill

[Anonymous]

Birth control continously, problem solved.